Georgia national football team

Georgia
Nickname(s) ჯვაროსნები
Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association Georgian Football Federation (GFF)
საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Vladimír Weiss
Captain Jaba Kankava
Most caps Levan Kobiashvili (100)
Top scorer Shota Arveladze (26)
Home stadium Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
FIFA code GEO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 112 Increase 10 (6 July 2017)
Highest 42 (September 1998)
Lowest 156 (March 1994)
Elo ranking
Current 93 Increase 1 (7 May 2017)
Highest 49 (11 October 1995)
Lowest 108 (late 2009)
First international
 Georgia 2–2 Lithuania 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; May 27, 1990)
Biggest win
 Georgia 7–0 Armenia 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; March 30, 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Denmark 6–1 Georgia 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; September 7, 2005)

The Georgia national football team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, Sakartvelos erovnuli sap'ekhburt'o nakrebi) is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from Euro 1996 onwards, but have not achieved qualification yet. Home games are played at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.

History

The history of Georgia national football team began in 1990, when the team played their first international match against Lithuania, the first country to accept an invitation. The match was held on May 27, 1990 on national stadium. Georgia were coached by Givi Nodia. The friendly match ended in a 2–2 draw. This was the only match prior to the declaration of independence on April 9, 1991. Soon afterwards the team played another friendly match against Moldova.

The Georgian Football Federation became a member of both UEFA and FIFA in 1992,[1] enabling Georgia to play competitive matches. The first of these came in September 1994, a 1–0 defeat to Moldova[2] as part of the qualifiers for Euro 1996. Georgia finished third in their group, ahead of Moldova and Wales, but seven points behind second-placed qualifier Bulgaria.

Georgia failed to qualify for 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, obtaining 10 points and finishing in fourth place, level on points with Poland. At this time Georgia reached forty-second place in FIFA rankings.

In the Euro 2000 qualifying Georgia national team won one match, drew two and finished bottom of the group with five points. This marked the beginning of a period of decline for Georgian football.

The team finished fifth (and last) with seven points in their qualifying group for Euro 2004, although they defeated Russia with a goal scored by Malkhaz Asatiani.

In the FIFA World Cup 2006 qualifiers Georgia beat Albania 2–0 at home and Kazakhstan away 2–1. They finished sixth (second bottom) with ten points in Group 2.

Georgia were sixth out of seven teams in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying group with ten points. They defeated Scotland 2–0 at home and the Faroe Islands 6–0 away and 3–1 at home.

Héctor Cúper became the manager of Georgia in August 2008. During the qualification round for the FIFA 2010 World Cup Georgia failed to win any matches and finished sixth (and last) with three points. Cuper didn't extend his contract and on November 6, 2009 Temur Ketsbaia was appointed as the coach of the Georgian national football team. Ketsbaia resigned as manager after a 4–0 defeat at home to Poland in the Euro 2016 qualifiers on November 14, 2014, having previously stated he would do so before the match regardless of the result.

In June 2016, Georgian team made a stunt by winning against reigning European champions Spain 1–0.[3]

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup records

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA Position
1930 to 1990 Part of  Soviet Union-------
United States 1994 Did not enter-------
France 1998 Did Not Qualify 8314794/5
South Korea Japan 2002 831412123/5
Germany 2006 1224614256/7
South Africa 2010 100377196/6
Brazil 2014 81253104/5
Russia 2018 To Be Determined60336105/6
Qatar 2022 - - - - - - –
Total 0/20 - 52 9 14 29 49 85 -

UEFA European Championship records

UEFA European Championship record UEFA Euro Championship Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1960 to 1992 Part of  Soviet Union-------
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 5 0 5 14 13 3/6
Belgium Netherlands 2000 10 1 2 7 8 18 6/6
Portugal 2004 8 2 1 5 8 14 5/5
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 3 1 8 16 19 6/7
Poland Ukraine 2012 10 2 4 4 7 9 5/6
France 2016 10 3 0 7 10 16 5/6
European Union 2020 To Be Determined
Total 0/15 60 16 8 36 63 89 -

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

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Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2016

2017

Players

Current squad

The following players were called for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Serbia on March 24, 2017 and friendly match against Latvia on March 28, 2017.
Caps and goals as of 28 March 2017 after the match against Latvia.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Giorgi Loria (1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 39 0 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara
1 1GK Giorgi Makaridze (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 6 0 Portugal Moreirense
12 1GK Roini Kvaskhvadze (1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 5 0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
4 2DF Guram Kashia (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 53 1 Netherlands Vitesse
2 2DF Ucha Lobjanidze (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 53 1 Kazakhstan Atyrau
5 2DF Solomon Kvirkvelia (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 20 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
22 2DF Giorgi Navalovski (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 21 0 Azerbaijan Neftçi
21 2DF Otar Kakabadze (1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 8 0 Denmark Esbjerg
2DF Davit Khocholava (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 3 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
3 2DF Jemal Tabidze (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 3 0 Russia Ural Yekaterinburg
2DF Giorgi Rekhviashvili (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 1 0 Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi
3MF Jaba Kankava (Captain) (1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 63 7 France Reims
3MF Jano Ananidze (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 36 6 Russia Spartak Moscow
3MF Aleksandre Kobakhidze (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 35 3 Turkey Göztepe
3MF Tornike Okriashvili (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 34 8 Russia Krasnodar
6 3MF Murtaz Daushvili (1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 32 0 Hungary Diósgyőri
8 3MF Valeri Qazaishvili (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 23 4 United States San Jose Earthquakes
10 3MF Nika Kvekveskiri (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 7 0 Kazakhstan Tobol
20 3MF Jambul Jighauri (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 6 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar
15 3MF Valerian Gvilia (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 5 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
3MF Otar Kiteishvili (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 3 0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
18 3MF Giorgi Arabidze (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 2 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
9 4FW Vladimer Dvalishvili (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 40 5 Kazakhstan Atyrau
4FW Levan Mchedlidze (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 31 2 Italy Empoli
4FW Giorgi Kvilitaia (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 6 2 Austria Rapid Wien
13 4FW Nika Kacharava (1995-10-01) 1 October 1995 5 1 Poland Korona Kielce

Recent call-ups

The following players have not been called up for the upcoming matches but have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Omar Migineishvili (1984-06-02) 2 June 1984 2 0 Georgia (country) Samtredia v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
GK Oto Goshadze (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 0 0 Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
GK Nukri Revishvili (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 33 0 Moldova Dacia Chișinău v.  Moldova, 12 November 2016
DF Lasha Shergelashvili (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 2 0 Latvia RFS v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
DF Tornike Grigalashvili (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 1 0 Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
DF Giorgi Kimadze (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 1 0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
DF Tedore Grigalashvili (1993-05-12) 12 May 1993 0 0 Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
DF Lasha Dvali (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 5 0 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar v.  Wales, 9 October 2016
DF Zourab Tsiskaridze (1986-09-11) 11 September 1986 2 0 Sweden Eskilstuna v.  Wales, 9 October 2016
DF Aleksandr Amisulashvili RET (1982-08-20) 20 August 1982 50 4 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi v.  Austria, 5 September 2016
MF Giorgi Ganugrava (1988-02-21) 21 February 1988 10 0 Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
MF Temuri Shonia (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 2 1 Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
MF Giorgi Kharaishvili (1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 2 0 Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
MF Oleg Mamasakhlisi (1995-11-25) 25 November 1995 2 0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
MF Lasha Parunashvili (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 1 0 Denmark Esbjerg v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
MF Giorgi Chanturia (1993-04-11) 11 April 1993 14 2 Russia Ural Yekaterinburg v.  Moldova, 12 November 2016
MF Jaba Lipartia (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 2 0 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala v.  Moldova, 12 November 2016
MF Levan Kenia (1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 29 4 Czech Republic Slavia Prague v.  Austria, 5 September 2016
MF Giorgi Aburjania (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 3 0 Spain Sevilla Atlético v.  Austria, 5 September 2016
MF Vakhtang Chanturishvili (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 1 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava v.  Slovakia, 27 May 2016
FW Giorgi Papunashvili (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 4 0 Spain Zaragoza v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
FW Saba Lobzhanidze (1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 2 1 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
FW Bachana Arabuli (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 2 0 Hungary Balmazújvárosi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
FW Beka Tugushi (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 2 0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
FW Budu Zivzivadze (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 2 0 Denmark Esbjerg v.  Jordan, 25 January 2017
FW Davit Skhirtladze (1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 3 0 Denmark Silkeborg v.  Moldova, 12 November 2016
FW Otar Martsvaladze (1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 22 2 Kazakhstan Ordabasy v.  Austria, 5 September 2016

Records

Lists of 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Georgia, as of 11 June 2017 (players in bold are still available for selection):[4][5]

Managers

As of 11 June 2017 [6]

Manager Georgia career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Georgia (country) Givi Nodia 1990 1 0 1 0 0%
Georgia (country) Giga Norakidze 1991–1992 4 2 0 2 50%
Georgia (country) Aleksandre Chivadze 1993–1996 24 9 1 14 37.5%
Georgia (country) Vladimir Gutsaev (caretaker) 1996 2 0 0 2 0%
Georgia (country) David Kipiani 1997 7 4 1 2 57.14%
Georgia (country) Vladimir Gutsaev 1998 5 3 2 0 60%
Georgia (country) Gigla Imnadze (caretaker) 1998 1 0 0 1 0%
Georgia (country) Vladimir Gutsaev 1998–1999 8 2 1 5 25%
Netherlands Johan Boskamp 1999 5 0 1 4 0%
Georgia (country) David Kipiani / Revaz Dzodzuashvili 2000–2001 16 5 5 6 31.25%
Georgia (country) Aleksandre Chivadze 2001–2003 11 4 3 4 36.36%
Croatia Ivo Šušak 2003 2 1 0 1 50%
Georgia (country) Merab Jordania 2003 3 1 0 2 33.33%
Georgia (country) Gocha Tkebuchava (caretaker) 2004 3 0 0 3 0%
France Alain Giresse 2004–2005 10 2 2 6 20%
Georgia (country) Gaioz Darsadze (caretaker) 2005 7 2 2 3 28.57%
Germany Klaus Toppmöller 2006–2008 24 7 4 13 29.17%
Croatia Petar Segrt (caretaker) 2008 2 0 1 1 0%
Argentina Héctor Cúper 2008–2009 16 1 4 11 6.25%
Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia 2010–2014 40 13 9 18 32.5%
Georgia (country) Kakhaber Tskhadadze 2014–2016 10 3 1 6 30%
Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 2016– 14 3 5 6 21.4%

Notable Results

Date Team Result Team
16.11.1994  Georgia 5–0  Wales
07.06.1995  Wales 0–1  Georgia
11.10.1995  Georgia 2–1  Bulgaria
10.09.1997  Georgia 0–0  Italy
11.10.1997  Georgia 3–0  Poland
01.09.2001  Georgia 3–1  Hungary
30.04.2003  Georgia 1–0  Russia
15.11.2006  Georgia 2–0  Uruguay
07.02.2007  Georgia 1–0  Turkey
17.10.2007  Georgia 2–0  Scotland
20.08.2008  Wales 1–2  Georgia
26.03.2011  Georgia 1–0  Croatia
06.09.2013  Georgia 0–0  France
04.09.2015  Georgia 1–0  Scotland
07.06.2016  Spain 0–1  Georgia

Georgia vs opponent

As of 11 June 2017 [7][8]

Opponents P W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Albania 14 8 3 3 23 13 +10 057.14
 Armenia 5 3 1 1 11 4 +7 060.00
 Austria 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 Azerbaijan 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 033.33
 Belarus 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
 Bulgaria 5 1 1 3 6 15 −9 020.00
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
 Croatia 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
 Cyprus 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 020.00
 Denmark 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 000.00
 Egypt 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
 England 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 000.00
 Estonia 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1 040.00
 Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 100.00
 Finland 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 France 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6 000.00
 Germany 5 0 0 5 2 12 −10 000.00
 Gibraltar 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00
 Greece 7 0 1 6 5 14 −9 000.00
 Hungary 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 050.00
 Iceland 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Iran 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 Israel 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 016.67
 Italy 8 0 1 7 2 14 −12 000.00
 Jordan 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
 Kazakhstan 4 1 2 1 3 3 +0 025.00
 Latvia 8 3 2 3 14 10 +4 037.50
 Lebanon 2 0 0 2 4 7 −3 000.00
 Liechtenstein 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Lithuania 7 3 1 3 9 6 +3 042.86
 Luxembourg 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 066.67
 Malta 8 5 2 1 11 5 +6 062.50
 Moldova 12 4 4 4 17 14 +3 033.33
 Montenegro 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Nigeria 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 000.00
 Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 000.00
 Norway 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 000.00
 Paraguay 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
 Poland 5 1 0 4 4 13 −9 020.00
 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Qatar 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
 Republic of Ireland 8 0 0 8 4 16 −12 000.00
 Romania 7 0 2 5 4 19 −15 000.00
 Russia 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 033.33
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Scotland 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 050.00
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Serbia 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Slovakia 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
 Slovenia 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 025.00
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Spain 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 033.33
  Switzerland 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 000.00
 Tunisia 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.00
 Turkey 5 1 1 3 5 12 −7 020.00
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
 Ukraine 9 0 3 6 6 16 −10 000.00
 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Uzbekistan 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 Wales 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7 075.00
Total: 61 countries 215 62 43 110 244 320 −76 028.84

Kits

Georgia's kit are currently supplied by German brand Adidas. They replaced German company Jako who supplied Georgia's kits between 2008 and 2013.

Kit suppliers

Kit provider Period
Germany Adidas 1992–1999
Italy Lotto 2000–2003
Germany Puma 2004–2005
Italy Diadora 2006–2007
Germany Jako 2008–2013
Germany Adidas 2014–present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Georgian Football Federation". UEFA. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Georgia – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Spain fall to Georgia in final friendly ahead of Euro 2016". ESPN FC. 7 Jun 2016. Retrieved 8 Jun 2016.
  4. ↑ "Georgia international footballers of all-time". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Georgia national football team goal scorers of all-time". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Georgia national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Georgia national football team match results". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Georgia - International Results". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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